Respiratory Infection Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with major comorbidities, including severe bronchitis and lung infections.
State average
$58,170
gross charge · DRG 177
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$10,504 – $211,671
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Opelousas General Health System
Opelousas, LA
Gross charge $10,504Cash pay $5,252Medicare pays (avg) $9,651 - 2
Union General Hospital
Farmerville, LA
Gross charge $13,517Cash pay $10,137 - 3
Ochsner Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
Kaplan, LA
Gross charge $13,952Cash pay $6,278 - 4
Lasalle General Hospital
Jena, LA
Gross charge $14,421Cash pay $8,653 - 5
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
Sulphur, LA
Gross charge $22,004Cash pay $16,503 - 6
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
Chalmette, LA
Gross charge $29,372Cash pay $9,399 - 7
St. Charles Parish Hospital
Luling, LA
Gross charge $29,665Cash pay $8,009 - 8
Bayou Bend Hospital
Franklin, LA
Gross charge $29,886Cash pay $20,920 - 9
Ochsner Medical Center Acute
New Orleans, LA
Gross charge $38,740Cash pay $11,622Medicare pays (avg) $10,541 - 10
Ochsner St. Martin Hospital
Breaux Bridge, LA
Gross charge $38,740Cash pay $11,622 - 11
Jackson Parish Hospital
Jonesboro, LA
Gross charge $41,160 - 12
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital
Raceland, LA
Gross charge $43,146Cash pay $18,984 - 13
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
Covington, LA
Gross charge $43,727Cash pay $17,491Medicare pays (avg) $9,779 - 14
Ochsner Acadia General Hospital
Crowley, LA
Gross charge $47,497Cash pay $10,924Medicare pays (avg) $10,579 - 15
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge $50,531Cash pay $23,749 - 16
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner
Kenner, LA
Gross charge $62,737Cash pay $17,566Medicare pays (avg) $11,020 - 17
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA
Gross charge $64,972Cash pay $20,791Medicare pays (avg) $9,698 - 18
Ochsner St. Mary
Morgan City, LA
Gross charge $71,958Cash pay $14,392 - 19
North Oaks Medical Center
Hammond, LA
Gross charge $78,752Cash pay $18,153Medicare pays (avg) $9,227 - 20
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $91,158Cash pay $19,143Medicare pays (avg) $9,536 - 21
Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Lafayette, LA
Gross charge $91,371Cash pay $23,756 - 22Gross charge $125,831Cash pay $32,716
- 23Gross charge $130,770Cash pay $36,616
- 24
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe
Monroe, LA
Gross charge $211,671Cash pay $48,684 - 25
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Natchitoches, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,944 - 26Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,057
- 27
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,302 - 28
Abbeville General Hospital
Abbeville, LA
Gross charge — - 29
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,645 - 30Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,487
- 31
Winn Parish Medical Center
Winnfield, LA
Gross charge — - 32
Avoyelles Hospital
Marksville, LA
Gross charge — - 33
Oakdale Community Hospital
Oakdale, LA
Gross charge — - 34
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
Homer, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,634 - 35
Minden Medical Center
Minden, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,720 - 36
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
West Monroe, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,738 - 37
Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Leesville, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,998 - 38
Caldwell Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Columbia, LA
Gross charge — - 39
Physicians Medical Center
Houma, LA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —Cash pay $9,430
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Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital
Slidell, LA
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,876 - 43
Acadian Medical Center
Eunice, LA
Gross charge — - 44
LSU Lallie Kemp Medical Center
Independence, LA
Gross charge — - 45
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Thibodaux, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,257 - 46
Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Ville Platte, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,817 - 47
Sabine Medical Center
Many, LA
Gross charge — - 48
St James Parish Hospital
Lutcher, LA
Gross charge — - 49
Christus Coushatta Health Care Center
Coushatta, LA
Gross charge — - 50
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,169 - 51
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,226 - 52
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
Lake Charles, LA
Gross charge — - 53
Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,297 - 54
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
Alexandria, LA
Gross charge —
Louisiana hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 177) anywhere from $10,504 to $211,671 — a $201,167 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is Ochsner LSU Health Monroe in Monroe. The state average sits at $58,170.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists respiratory infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent respiratory infection admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Louisiana hospitals missing from the list either don't perform respiratory infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 177 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.